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USBC data on the 6 too-soft Storm Products balls shows how Storm — and bowling — are paying for how the PURPLE HAMMER unintentionally changed bowling

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 11:00 pm
USBC data on the 6 too-soft Storm Products balls shows how Storm — and bowling — are paying for how the PURPLE HAMMER unintentionally changed bowling
USBC on Friday posted this news release and this FAQ that finally details the data it collected that led it on Monday to ban six Storm Products balls from its national tournaments, but not other competition, a ruling that threw the sport and industry into turmoil. Unless Storm or some other entity can refute USBC’s data, the rulings will stand, and by the letter of the law should stand, though I do have a couple of questions I’d like to see answered in detail that I will get to....